Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #195 August 9th, 1999 The Opening Word: This is an abbreviated version of the Recap. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCW Monday Nitro: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Three Hours+. Location: Boise, Idaho. HOUR ONE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - NORMAN SMILEY/PRINCE IAUKEA/LASH LEROUX vs. THE DEAD POOL (w/ Raven) Lash LeRoux is pinned following a moonsault by Insane Clown Posse member Violent J. - Chris Benoit attacks David Flair when Flair interrupts a conference between the Revolution and WCW Championship Committee head Dusty Rhodes. - PUBLIC ENEMY vs. THE WEST TEXAS REDNECKS Curt Hennig pins Johnny Grunge. - MONA vs. LITTLE JEANIE Mona with the win. Brandi Alexander then does a run-in, but Mona fends her off. - Hulk Hogan is attacked by Kevin Nash, Sid and Rick Steiner. Goldberg and Sting make the save. HOUR TWO Hosted By: Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - CHRIS BENOIT vs. DAVID FLAIR Benoit beats Flair to win the United States Title. Members of the Triad try to interfere, but they're held off by the other members of the Revolution. Diamond Dallas Page gets in, though, and hits Benoit. Benoit challenges DDP to a match at Road Wild. - "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Randy Savage. - DAVE TAYLOR/CHRIS ADAMS vs. EDDIE GUERRERO/REY MYSTERIO, JR. Guerrero pins Taylor following a Frog Splash. He and Rey are then attacked by Vampiro and the ICP. Kidman comes out for the save. - "Mean" Gene interviews the Rednecks. - KIDMAN vs. DISCO INFERNO Kidman wins by DQ when he's attacked by Vampiro and the ICP. Guerrero and Mysterio run in for the save. HOUR THREE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - BUFF BAGWELL vs. SCOTT NORTON Match ends in a DQ when Ernest Miller and Sonny Onoo interfere. - Chad Brock performs a song, then gets in an altercation with Curt Hennig. Members of the Revolution prevent an all-out attack by the Rednecks. - KANYON (w/ The Triad) vs. BOOKER T. (w/ Stevie Ray) Kanyon gets the pin following interference by Bam Bam Bigelow and DDP, and a Flatliner. - "Mean" Gene interviews Dennis Rodman. Randy Savage comes out and he and Rodman exchange words. - HULK HOGAN/GOLDBERG/STING vs. KEVIN NASH/SID/RICK STEINER Sting forces Kevin Nash to submit to the Scorpion Deathlock. Due to the stipulations of the match, Nash would now have to put his career on the line against Hogan's career at Road Wild. Hogan came out for this match dressed in his old yellow & red outfit. - This Thursday: Nothing announced. - Next week: Nothing announced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF RAW is WAR: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours+. Location: Chicago, Illinois. WWF RAW Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. - A Rock promo is interrupted by the Undertaker and Big Show. X-Pac, Kane and Road Dogg all run in for the save. Commissioner Shawn Michaels arrives. - Michael Cole gets comments from X-Pac and Kane. - GANGREL vs. CHRISTIAN Gangrel scores the pin following interference by the Hardy Boyz. Edge tries to make the save, followed by Michael Hayes. The Hardyz turn on Hayes, dumping him in favor of Gangrel. Michael Cole gets comments from the Acolytes. - Jerry Lawler interviews Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Triple H and Chyna come out to confront the Governor. Shawn Michaels arrives to maintain order, but it ends up Ventura being the one to maintain order when Michaels and Triple H exchange words. Michaels orders Triple H to compete in a Triple Threat Match against Steve Austin and the Undertaker. - In a taped clip, Mark Henry is shown jogging with D-LO Brown in a park. When Henry goes off into the woods to relieve himself, D-Lo is attacked by Jeff Jarrett, who had followed the two in a car. Debra is the reluctant getaway driver> - JEFF JARRETT (w/ Debra) vs. VAL VENIS Jarrett is pinned by roll-up when he stops short going into the ropes, so as to avoid hitting Debra. Jarrett blames his loss on Debra, forcing Venis to come to her assistance. Steve Austin is shown lying at the bottom of a concrete stairwell, having been hit in the head with a cinderblock (left laying nearby). - Austin is removed from the arena in an ambulance. Commissioner Michaels replaces Austin in the main event with Chyna. WWF WAR ZONE Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. - KANE/X-PAC vs. THE ACOLYTES X-Pac pins Faarooq with the X-Factor, winning the WWF World Tag Team Titles. During the post-match celebration, which sees Road Dogg out to celebrate with his friends, X-Pac gets Kane to say "suck it!" without the aid of his neckrophone. All three are then laid out by the Big Show and the Undertaker. - Billy Gunn is shown in a "GTV" clip getting his ass massaged. - JOEY ABS/STEVE BLACKMAN vs. TEST/KEN SHAMROCK Test pins Abs, as Shamrock chases Blackman through the crowd. Test warns Shane McMahon, who was out for color commentary, that he's next. Backstage, Mr. Ass is shown complaining that he has developed a rash from the lotion the masseuse used on his ass. - Michael Cole gets comments from Test. Kevin kelly gets comments from Steve Blackman, who challenges Ken Shamrock to A "Lion's Den/Weapons Match" at SummerSlam. - A promo by the Rock is cut short when the Millennium Countdown clock appears on the Titan-Tron. The lights go out, fireworks go out, and Chris Jericho makes his WWF debut. Jericho tells the crowd he's there to save the WWF from boredom and mediocrity. The Rock isn't amused, and tells him what he can do with himself. "Hardcore" Holly is searching for the Big Show. - BIG BOSSMAN vs. ROAD DOGG The Bossman gets the pin when Al Snow comes out and knocks out the Dogg with Pepper's dog carrier. - THE ROCK vs. THE BIG SHOW The Big Show prevents "Hardcore" Holly from interfering. Chris Jericho then comes in to stop the Rock from delivering the People's Elbow, drawing the DQ. - TRIPLE H vs. THE UNDERTAKER vs. CHYNA Color commentator Jesse Ventura looks on as Steve Austin, returning from the hospital, knocks out Triple H with a steel chair. He then lays Chyna on top, and referee Shawn Michael counts the pinfall. Chyna is declared the number one contender to the WWF Championship, replacing Triple H in the main event at SummerSlam. - Next week: Nothing announced. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: Road Wild card: * Hulk Hogan vs. Kevin Nash. "Career vs. Career" for the World Title. * Randy Savage vs. Dennis Rodman. * Goldberg vs. Rick Steiner. * Sid vs. Sting. * Chris Benoit vs. Diamond Dallas Page. United States Title Match. * Buff Bagwell vs. Ernest Miller. * The Revolution vs. the West Texas Rednecks. * Harlem Heat vs. Kanyon and Bam Bam Bigelow. World Tag Team Title Match. * Kidman, Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, Jr. vs. El Vampiro and the Insane Clown Posse. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Slobberknocker Central" and "Monday Night Recap" are copyright 1999 by John Petrie, and all opinions expressed therein are his own, and not those of "USLink". Check the "Slobberknocker Central" main page for info on how to receive the "Recap" free via E-Mail every week. Volume One, Number 195 of the "Monday Night Recap", August 9th, 1999.